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tenlittlebullets) wrote2006-02-24 09:12 pm
tenlittlebullets) wrote2006-02-24 09:12 pm
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So. Today I killed an afternoon reading what's been posted so far of the longest LM fic on fanfiction.net, "The Colour of Despair." Judging by what was laid out in the already-posted bits and the plot of "The Crow," which it lifts its premise from, it looks about half done, but it hasn't been updated in three years. Alas. It's a severely underrated and not-much-talked-about fic, but it might just be one of the best bits of fanfiction I've ever read.
No, I'm not joking. It doesn't read like fanfiction. Something in the maturity of the prose, the way it all seems so well thought out beforehand, the polished feeling and the way the author uses language: it reads like a novel, not like fanfiction. The emotional parts are delivered such that they have an impact straight to the gut without descending into sap. The themes are dark, very dark, but dealt with in a skilled and mature fashion. Just... read it, all right? I'd say it has far more depth than the actual Crow movie, or maybe it's saying what the movie was trying to say that got lost under a tide of cheap violence. All the bits about true love that seem so tacked-on in the movie are the central theme of the fic, just not in so many words.
And if nothing else, it proves two things. The first: You bet your ass Les Misérables can be goth. The second: somebody needs to give Enjolras a hug. Badly. Have you hugged an Enjolras today?
No, I'm not joking. It doesn't read like fanfiction. Something in the maturity of the prose, the way it all seems so well thought out beforehand, the polished feeling and the way the author uses language: it reads like a novel, not like fanfiction. The emotional parts are delivered such that they have an impact straight to the gut without descending into sap. The themes are dark, very dark, but dealt with in a skilled and mature fashion. Just... read it, all right? I'd say it has far more depth than the actual Crow movie, or maybe it's saying what the movie was trying to say that got lost under a tide of cheap violence. All the bits about true love that seem so tacked-on in the movie are the central theme of the fic, just not in so many words.
And if nothing else, it proves two things. The first: You bet your ass Les Misérables can be goth. The second: somebody needs to give Enjolras a hug. Badly. Have you hugged an Enjolras today?